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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
The Pats won 3 Super Bowls, and had no first rounders on their line
The '99 Rams had 1, Pace
The 2000 Ravens had 1, Ogden
The 2002 Bucs had 1, and it was their RT, Kenyatta Walker
The 2005 Steelers had 3, they were a 6 seed, and none were taken higher than 23.
The 2006 Colts had 1, Tarik Glenn
The 2007 Giants had 0.
The 2008 Steelers had 0.
So, If you average those out you get an average of .7 first rounders per Super Bowl champion.
Five teams had no first rounders, 4 had 1, 0 had 2, and one had 3.
Of those 7 first rounders, 4 were taken in the top 20 and two in the top 10.
We already have one. Logic would dictate that we are far better served addressing other needs rather than bloating our cap with OL that we are unable to retain (see the Steelers with Hartings, Faneca, and Simmons).
Remember, even when we had our best line, there was only one first rounder on it, Roaf, two UDFAs (Waters and Wiegmann), a third rounder, and a fourth rounder.
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Damien Woody was a first round center. So, the Pats had one for two of their three Super Bowls. He left before their last one, I believe.
They also drafted another first rounder in 2005, Mankins.
Now, you are incorrect about the Chiefs offensive line. When they were the 'best', they have Roaf and Tait as the bookends, two first rounders.
They also had Shields and Waters, two pro bowlers. They had a ton of money in that line.
I am not a big fan of an OT at #3, but I won't be upset about it.